Captive

Captive (2020)

Kennex · May 10, 2020 · Adventure, Strategy, Puzzle, Indie, Singleplayer

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About Captive

You wake up in a bright, but mysterious room. You don't know what is happening or how you got there.

Captive — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Captive is a retro sci-fi dungeon crawler with atmospheric worldbuilding and strategic gameplay involving droid control and terminal hacking, but players consistently criticize its cryptic design, unclear interaction mechanics, and steep learning curve that makes it inaccessible without guides or patience. The outdated controls and graphics, combined with heavy emphasis on planning and problem-solving, create a niche experience that appeals primarily to dedicated retro fans willing to tolerate unintuitive design elements.

Recommended Aug 27, 2026
Captive is a small-scale point-and-click escape room adventure that takes a familiar concept and keeps it deliberately focused. The player awakens inside an unfamiliar room with little understanding of how they arrived there, leaving escape as the immediate objective. Rather than relying on combat, platforming, or complex character progression, the experience is built around observation, environmental interaction, item discovery, and logical experimentation. It was developed by Kennex and published by Kennex Software, with its modest scope making it feel closer to a traditional digital escape-room challenge than a lengthy narrative adventure. The central room is essentially one interconnected puzzle. Ordinary furnishings and objects become important because almost anything might conceal a clue, key, useful item, or another piece of the escape sequence. Desks, drawers, closets, electronic devices, and less conspicuous parts of the environment encourage methodical investigation. Progress generally comes from finding something useful, understanding its purpose, and determining where it belongs. This creates a satisfying chain of discoveries in which solving one problem frequently ope…
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Recommended Apr 6, 2023
[h1]Before I played Captive, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]
1 found this helpful
Recommended Nov 13, 2025
Игра "Captive" – это крепкий научно-фантастический dungeon crawler с видом от первого лица, родом из далеких 80-х. Несмотря на очень "олдскульную" графику, она обладает удивительной атмосферой заброшенной космической станции, наполненной враждебными киборгами и смертоносными ловушками. Управление может показаться неудобным поначалу, но быстро привыкаешь. Исследование лабиринтных уровней, взлом терминалов и тактические бои с использованием дистанционно управляемых дроидов - все это создает уникальный геймплей. Сложность достаточно высокая, что поощряет вдумчивое планирование и осторожное перемещение. "Captive" – игра не для всех. Она требует терпения и, возможно, руководства для новичков. Но если вы любите ретро-проекты с акцентом на стратегию и исследование, а также не боитесь устаревшей графики, то она может стать настоящей находкой. Игра хорошо передаёт чувство изоляции и безысходности, что делает впечатления от её прохождения незабываемыми.
Not recommended Oct 31, 2025
It is a way too cryptic and it is incredibly unclear what you can interact with.
Recommended Sep 22, 2024
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Not recommended Jun 28, 2023
Too much math.

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